Third person singular present tense of grabble; he, she, or it feels around or gropes for something.
From grabble + '-s' (third person singular); standard verb conjugation.
The phrase 'grabbles in the dark' became a poetic way to describe confusion or ignorance—you're searching but blind, which is why it appears in literature about confusion.
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